Hydraulic Cylinder with Damped Track Constraint not aligning (2.8)
Here are 2 pistons one with with 2 and one with 3 sections

I got the solution from Here after using the track to constraint instead of the damped track which I mistakenly took for a look at constraint from 3ds max. 

The Track to constraint has all sorts of issues like spinning mesh the Damped track doesn't seem to.

I realize after 7 months you probably have solved this issue, but someone else might find my research helpful.